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Britain’s Lloyds’ annual profit rises 12%, upgrades guidance
Its profit before tax for 2025: £6.7 billion, up from £5.97 billion the year before and better than the £6.4 billion average of analysts’ forecastsPublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026...
Nokia chair to step down, AI push supports Q4 profit
The company is carrying out one of its biggest restructuring drives since it sold its mobile phone business Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 05:01 PM[ESPOO, Finland] Finland’s Nokia...
Bursa Malaysia Q4 net profit falls 11.8% to RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment
[KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia ended 2025 with lower revenue and profit as muted sentiment and decreased daily trading dampened securities market performance, the company said in a bourse filing...
Bursa Malaysia pivots to larger IPOs as it plays down MSCI-related risks
The exchange’s Q4 net profit is down 11.7% at RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment[KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia is pivoting towards larger, higher-quality initial public offerings (IPOs) to deepen...
Deutsche Bank posts biggest annual profit in nearly two decades a day after police search
The biggest profit since 2007 is a welcome milestone for the bank after a rocky decadePublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 03:23 PM[FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank on Thursday (Jan 29)...
Singapore, Asia markets steady after Fed pause and MAS hold; spotlight turns to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region[SINGAPORE] Market reactions in Asia were broadly muted on Thursday (Jan 29) after the US Federal Reserve...
Singapore, Asia markets end largely higher after Fed pause and MAS hold as focus shifts to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region[SINGAPORE] Markets in Asia broadly gained ground on Thursday (Jan 29) after the US Federal Reserve opted...
Toyota retains top auto crown in 2025 with record sales
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 01:01 PM[TOKYO] Toyota Motor sold a record 11.3 million vehicles globally in 2025, the company said on Thursday, retaining its crown as the...
From Meta to Samsung, global tech unleashes spending to chase AI
Memory manufacturers are reallocating production lines towards lucrative HBM to satisfy the needs of AI data centresPublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 12:48 PM[SEOUL] The world’s largest tech firms...
Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reports
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 11:40 AMNVIDIA, Amazon and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to US$60 billion in OpenAI, The Information reported on Wednesday.Nvidia, an existing...
Apac investors most bullish globally on private markets, with nearly half planning to raise allocations
Long-term return expectations and confidence in the illiquidity premium are driving sustained interest[SINGAPORE] Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific (Apac) have the strongest conviction on private markets, with only 9 per...
